Clause 2

by deleting the definitions of “Chief Surveyor” and “Commissioner” and substituting the following definitions:“ “aeration” means the exposure of the soil surrounding the base of the trunk of a tree to enable air and water to reach its roots;“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation and includes a Deputy or an Assistant Commissioner of Parks and Recreation and a Director or an Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation;”;

by deleting the definition of “curator”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “occupier”, the following definition:“ “owner”, in relation to a vehicle, includes —

every person who is the owner or joint owner or part owner of the vehicle and any person who is the hirer or has the use of the vehicle under a hire-purchase agreement but not the lessor under any such agreement;

the person in whose name the vehicle is registered except where such person has sold or otherwise disposed of the vehicle and has complied with the provisions of the rules applicable to him in regard to such sale or disposal; and

in the case of a vehicle in respect of which a general licence is issued under section 28 of the Road Traffic Act [Cap. 276], the person to whom such general licence is issued;”;

by deleting the words “side table” in the definition of “public park” and substituting the word “verge”;

by deleting the words “side tables” in the ninth line of the definition of “street” and substituting the word “verges”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “street”, the following definition:“ “tree conservation area” means any land designated by the Minister as a tree conservation area under section 5;”;

by deleting the words “side table” in the first line of the definition of “vacant land” and substituting the word “verge”;

by deleting the words “Deputy Director-General, Development and Building Control Division of the Public Works Department” at the end of the definition of “vacant land” and substituting the words “relevant authority”; and

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “vehicle” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:“ “verge” means any area by the side of a public street, whether turfed or not.”.